Our Squads

Gareth White - Men's Team Captain

Gareth has been involved in golf all his life and is currently General Manager at Ashton-under Lyne Golf Club. He has represented Lancashire since 2016 and achieved a high win percentage in team performances. He has played home internationals and competed in the boys championship in his amateur career, and has also competed on both the Mastercard and Tamsel Tours during his time as a professional. 

Anne Baines - Women's Team Captain

Anne has played golf for over 50 years and has been a member of Longridge, Preston and Royal Birkdale golf clubs in Lancashire, now just playing at Royal Birkdale.  She has represented Lancashire at all levels from Junior, B team A team (for eight years) and Seniors. 

Her lowest handicap achieved was +1. Anne has been involved in Training & Organising in the County doing various jobs for over 40 years, first as a member of the Lancashire Girls Golf Association, then Junior Training Officer and is currently on her second spell as County Training Officer.  She was County Champion in 1991 and County Captain in 2001.  

In 2008 Anne became an England Selector which was a role she thoroughly enjoyed and did for nine years.  From 2014-17 She Captained the England Ladies Team in the European Championships and in that time they won Gold on two occasions.  

She also Captained the England Girls Team in 2013. 

Lancashire Boys Golf

Welcome to the boys section of the LUGC website. Here you can find information on:-

• Squad Managers
• Coaching team
• Coaching structure
• Championship entries
• Fixtures
• Results
• Junior Development Programme application
• Safeguarding Parental Consent
• Code of conduct for parents
• Player expectations
• Testimonials

Lancashire have produced a coaching programme which identifies the boys with the talent and dedication to play at county level.

Players who are under 17 years of age can apply for inclusion in the County Academy Programme (CAP).

Selection for the performance squads is carried out each year by the County boy’s manager, squad managers and coaches. Many factors are taken into consideration including performances, handicap, attitude and dedication.

Selection into a performance squad one year does not guarantee selection in future years as squads are continually reassessed.

Teams representing Lancashire in the various matches are selected from the performance squads and the County Academy Programme.

Under the guidance of Director of coaching Craig Lea boys are offered a high level of coaching from a very experienced team of coaches in the County.

Julie Walker - Girls Team Manager

Julie is a retired Operations Director and has a wealth of experience in strategic decision-making, coaching and compliance.

A member of Accrington & District Golf Club since 1990, Lady Captain in 1996 & 2017; served as a Director from 2018-202 with responsibility for policy, compliance, recruitment and governance.

Currently LLCGA Junior Organiser, a position she has held for the last 7 years; Julie and the Junior Committee have developed a dynamic talent pathway that has produced both individual and team success.

In 2022 Julie was nominated as LLCGA England Golf Voting Member, a role that has responsibility for policy, safeguarding and compliance.

The Lancashire Girls' Golf Association

The Lancashire Girls' Golf Association was founded in 1974 by Frances 'Bunty' Smith, one of Lancashire, England and Great Britain's most outstanding golfers together with some junior golfers who formed the committee and ran the Association themselves in the early years. Former County Coach Jane Forrest was one of these forwarding thinking young players and acted as Treasurer, looking after the finances. Lancashire is the only County that has such an organisation.    

The Lancashire Girls' Golf Association runs competitions, training and matches for girls golfers up to 21 years of age in a friendly environment. 
It is open to all girls who already enjoy or now want to start playing golf.   

Ian Crowther - Senior Men's Captain

Lancashire County Seniors Golf Team - Established 1982

The Lancashire Senior Men's Team are fully integrated within the County, fixtures can be seen in the full County fixture list.

We are open to golfers who are 55 years of age and over and who are members of clubs affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs.

We have a full fixture list running from April to the end of September. 

This includes Northern Counties Seniors League Matches against Cheshire, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire.

We also play two Inter County matches against Staffordshire and Shropshire/Herefordshire.

All county matches consist of 9 hole Greensomes in the morning, followed by 18 holes Four Ball Betterball in the afternoon. All matches are played off scratch and there are 12 players in each team.

The team also compete in the Northern Counties Seniors Qualifier against the other 5 counties in North with the winner going forward to represent the Northern Division at the County Finals run by England Golf.

We currently have over 30 registered players.

If any player with a handicap index of 3 or less is interested in joining or requires more information would they please contact Ian Crowther.

English County Champions 3 times in 7 years.